Find the full text of the DRA

Instructions on how to access the full text of the Deficit Reduction Act.

If you wish to read the DRA, you may access the law at the THOMAS website, http://thomas.loc.gov/. THOMAS is operated by the Library of Congress and is a database of U.S. Congress legislative information.

To access the DRA, locate the Search Bill Text box on the center of the THOMAS homepage. Click on the circle next to Bill Number and type S. 1932 into the box and click Search.

Your search result should have a header stating, “There are 5 versions of Bill Number S. 1932 for the 109th Congress.”

The one which contains the final version is Number 5: Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate) [S.1932.ENR]. 

Medicaid and SCHIP

Scroll down to Title VI (entitled “Medicaid and SCHIP”). To read the text, simply click on a topic.

The subject areas appear as follows:

Sections 6001-6004. Drug Payment provision

Sections 6011–6021. Transfer-of-Asset rule changes and other changes to Medicaid’s coverage of long-term care

Sections 6031-6035. Medicaid Fraud and Waste

Section 6036. Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirements

Sections 6041-6044. Changes to cost-sharing rules and benefit package

Sections 6051-6055. Changes to Medicaid financing rules, including coverage of case management services.

Section 6061-6065. Family Opportunity Act–expansion of coverage for children with disabilities.

Section 6071. Money Follows the Person.

Sections 6083–6087. Health Opportunity Accounts

Sections 6101–6103. SCHIP

Sections 6201–6203. Katrina Relief.